Rangers and Ducks look to bounce back in Sweden

Season Series: This is the first of two meetings between the clubs this season. The Ducks will play in New York on Nov. 3.

Big Story: Both teams are coming off losses, though the Rangers picked up a point in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Kings on Friday. The Ducks not only lost 4-1 to Buffalo, but they had to board a plane and fly from Helsinki to Stockholm after the game. They presumably will have a morning skate Saturday, but the Rangers will have a significant advantage. Not only will the Rangers have the crowd on their side due to having the only two Swedes in the game (Henrik Lundqvist and Tim Erixon), but they've skated at Ericsson Globe Arena four times while the Ducks have never been here.

Team Scope:

Rangers: Discipline, or lack thereof, was the Rangers biggest problem in their overtime loss Friday night. They managed to get to overtime despite Brian Boyle's interference penalty with 2:03 left in regulation, but Ryan McDonagh's tripping minor on Willie Mitchell midway through the overtime session did them in.

Jack Johnson scored a power-play goal with 52 seconds left in overtime to send the Rangers back to their hotel with just one point.

"Me and Artie have been pretty much together throughout the whole camp so it feels like we picked up where we left off," Callahan said. "It seemed like we worked well and Feds fit right in with us. His game is working down low and he's good on the cycle and he takes the body, so it's pretty easy to fit him in there."

Anaheim will get another crack Saturday against the Rangers, and it's possible that with New York's depleted defense that doesn't include Marc Staal, the Ryan-Getzlaf-Perry line will see plenty of ice, perhaps with some double-shifting.

Stat Pack: There were a lot of firsts for both these teams Friday night: Richards got his first point as a Ranger; Guenin scored his first career goal; Macenauer picked up his first NHL point; Henrik Lundqvist played his first NHL regular-season game in his home country; The same holds true for Finnish stars Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu.

Puck Drop: "It was pretty special to come out in the warmups and maybe the first half of the first period, but then you just focus on your job and block everything that doesn't have to do with my performance and what I have to do," Lundqvist said of playing Friday night in his nation's capital city. "It was still a great feeling to play this game in Stockholm, but it's a little frustrating right now to not get the two points."